Genesis 22 and Lost Ten Tribes Studies
Duration: 17.49 minutes
Rabbi Avraham Feld is about to give a short talk concerning the Binding of Isaac and its significance for Ten Tribes Studies.
What was the Binding all about?
In Genesis 22 is described an incident which may be difficult to understand. It is known in Hebrew as the ;Akeda,; i.e. = The Binding. Abraham was told to take his son, his only son (according to the words of the Bible), and go with him to the Mount of Moriah and there offer him up as a human-sacrifice. Abraham did as he was told and he went with his Isaac to the place. He laid wood upon an altar, then he bound Isaac to the altar and raised a sacrificial knife to kill him. At the last minute Abraham was stopped by an angel who told him that the whole thing was only a test of faith to see if Abraham would obey the command of God in this matter or not. A ram was substituted for Isaac and sacrificed in his stead.
Genesis (NKJV) 22: 15 Then the Angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, 16 and said: ;By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son. 17 blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. 18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.
The purpose of the test was to enable the international aspects of the Promises to be fulfilled UNCONDITIONALLY.
By myself have I sworn, says the LORD because you have done this thing , and have Not withheld Your son , your only son from me.
By myself have I sworn, says the LORD in other words UNCONDITIONALLY, by MYSELF, i.e. by HIMSELF, by the very essence of God Almighty and therefore NOT SUBJECT TO CHANGE!!!!
These blessing were to be fulfilled through the Ten Tribes.
We therefore need to find a group of nations that is extremely numerous:
'as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore'
And which possess 'the gates of its enemies'.: This means International Strategic Thoroughfares as the British did in the recent past and the USA has done at present. We need to find a group of peoples that fulfill s the said conditions and also has been blessed in many ways. The USA and Britain together with related nations fit this bill.